Bed-bottom attachment.



- No. 696.239. Patented Mar. 25, I902.

' .1. HOEY.

BED BOTTOM ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed July 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)

//////lf/ w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED-BOTTOM ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'696,239, dated March 25, 1902.

Application filed July 24,1901.

To all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, JOHN HOEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in-Bed-Bottom-Attachments; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an attachment which is designed for use inconnection with woven-wire and similar mattresses or bedbottoms, as they are termed.

It consists in a combinatiomwith the wooden side bars of such a mattress or bed-bottom, of an adjustable and reversible plate'and lug which is designed when in its normal use to retain the bed-bottom frame inposition upon a bedstead-frame," and itsother use is as a protection for the ends of the side frames to prevent their being split and damaged in transportation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure l i's'a transverse section of one of the side frames ofthe bed-bottom and of the bedstead-rail, showing the application of my attachment. Fig.2 is a perspective view showing it in position as a protector.

Bed-bottoms of the class referred to are composed of sidebars'A, which'are united by transverse end bars bolted to ,them, and a woven-wire-mattress fabricis stretched between the end bars, forming an elastic surface to support the usual hair or other mat-f tresses which are placed thereon. The width of the mattress is such th'at'in the present construction the side bars Arest'u'ponthe} top of the side rails B of the bedstead-frame, and my invention or attachment is designed to prevent the bars A from slipping off the rails B to one side or the other. It consists of a plate 2, having at one end a lug 3, turned at right angles with the-surface of the plate 2. Within the plate 2 is formed a longitudinal slot 4:, through which the screw 5 passes and by'which'the plate is secured to the bar A. The length of the slot 4 allows of suflicient adjustment, so that any little discrep-- ancy between the width of the bed-bottom and the width of the bedstead-frame can be compensated. Thus when the plates 2 have been screwed to the bars A, one near each Serial No- 69,470. (No model.)

end ofeach of the bars, the lugs 3 are adj usted, so that the sides of the bedstead-frame B may lie between them, the lugs overlapping these sides, and the screws being tightenedthe bars A will be supported upon the rails B, the lugs 3 preventing any side movement.

' .Itwillbe understood that the plates 2 may be secured so that the lugs 3 either extend upon the outside or upon the inside of the rails B, as may be desired.

This class of bed-bottoms are usually manufactured in quantity in the shops and are then shipped'tothe various parts of the country to fill orders.

The ends of the side bars A are usually unprotected on the lower angles, so that if they are accidentally hit against anything in movingthey are apt to be split off. The upper sides of these bars A are protected by the transverse end bars, which are bolted to them close to the ends. In order to protect these lower angles, the plates 2 are reversed and turned at right angles with their normal position, so that the hook-lugs 3 project over the lower angles of the bars A, and thus prevent any contact with steps or stones while they are being moved from place to place. When they have beenreceived and are ready to set up, it is only necessary to reverse the plates 2, turning them at right angles with the length of the frame, and the device will be in readiness for use.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to'secure by Letters Pat-' ent,'is'- c p 1. Aibed-bottoin frame including side and end bars, saidside bars adapted to rest directly upon the upper edges of the bedstead-rails,

in' combination with a flat plate adjustably secured to the bottom surface of said side bars and extending crosswise thereof said plate having a lug at one endto h'ook over the upper angle of an underlying bed-frame rail whereby the bed-bottomframe is held against side'movement on the bed=frame 2. A bed-bottom frame including side and end bars said side bars adapted to rest directly upon the upper edges of the bedstead-rails, in combination with a fiat plate fitted directly to the under side of each of the side bars and adapted to lie between said under side and member the hook whereof projects beyond the vertical plane of the outer sides of the side bars and also the bedstead-rails whereby it may engage the upper angle of the bedsteadrail of a bed-frame and hold the bed-bottom from against lateral movement on the bedframe.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN IIOEY. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. HoEY, FRANK TWICHELL. 

